Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for criminal immunity for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that a former president enjoys “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts.”
The case is due to be argued before the justices on April 25. Trump has appealed a lower court’s rejection of his request to be shielded from the criminal case being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith because he was serving as president when he took the actions at the center of the case.
The filing advances arguments similar to ones Trump’s lawyers previously have made and echoes statements he has made on the campaign trail as he seeks to regain the presidency.
“The president cannot function, and the presidency itself cannot retain its vital independence, if the president faces criminal prosecution for official acts once he leaves office,” the filing said.
Legal immunity would not nullify the impeachment powers of congress enshrined in the constitution.
It’s already partially a political thing that’s done at their discretion.
Trump’s argument Is that impeachment is how a president is held accountable. In this case, removal from office is the punishment.
It would nullify it, because all you’d need to do is sit in congress with a shotgun ready for one of them to even begin the word “impeach”